The towns of Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez are located in La Manchuela albacetense. The former, on the banks of the Júcar, had its economic configuration around irrigated farming, while the latter focused on dry farming, mainly with the cultivation of cereals and saffron. In the mid 18th century, according to data from the Ensenada Cadastre, the heads of the family households were married (72.75% on average of the two towns). This meant that the rest were households headed by bachelors (9.35%) and widowers (17.79%) of both sexes. This resource analyses the composition of these households, which had an average size of 3.76 persons per residential unit in Jorquera, and 3.49 in Casas Ibáñez (excluding servants). These figures are slightly below the demographic context of neighbouring towns: Abengibre with 4.03; Alatoz with 4.09; and Alcalá del Júcar with 4.55. By household typology, the largest size is represented by 4+5 households (extended households and multiple households), followed by nuclear households (type 3), households without structure (2) and solitary households (1). The defining characteristics of the household types themselves set the trends in size, but not in their total number. The primacy of the nuclear household was total and in stark contrast to the solitary, extended and multiple households.
Collection: Statistics
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: https://www.adeh.org/revista/2009,%202/MM%20SimA%CC%82%C2%A2n%20GarcA%CC%82%C2%B0a.pdf
Resource type: Statistics
Format: Table
Source: Simón García, María del Mar. (2009)."El hogar y su composición en la Mancha del Júcar a mediados del siglo XVIII", en Revista de Demografía Histórica, XXVII, 2, p. 162.
Language: Spanish
Date: 2009
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Revista de Demografía Histórica ©María del Mar Simón García
Abstract: Analysis of the size and composition of the household according to its family model, the number of children, relatives and servants
Image
Tags
AbengibreAlatozAlbaceteAlcalá del JúcarBalazoteCasas IbáñezCatastro del Marqués de la EnsenadaComposición del hogarDemografía HistóricaFamiliaHogar extensoHogar múltipleHogar nuclearHogar solitarioJorqueraLa ManchuelaLa RodaModelos de familiaMujeresSiglo XVIIITamaño del hogarTipos de familiaVillarrobledo
